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THE CASE UF ALFRED j
BY AMELIA PRICE.
VThe middle aged women with the
youthful' hat sank into the car seat
with a 'sigh of relief. "My. but I got
tired, waiting on that corner!" she
said-to her companion. "I hate this
tanding around waiting for street
cars ' when there might JuBt as well
t have, been ah automobile in the fam
ily! ..A I was saying to my husband
' this morning, it does beat all that
after you slave and plan all your life
i for your children things never turn
. out as you want them to!" '
. 'That's so," agreed the woman in
. the shade-too-bright heliotrope ' suit
"They Just, do as they please!"
"Not that . lizzie fs "not a good
daughter," went on the middle aged
woman. ."It's just that you can't tell
about men. They can be the blind
. est, most exasperating, contrary crea
tures!; 'As I was Baying to my hus
band, when hie took Alfred Qu&m for
, a partner, who on earth would have
dreamed that bucq a boyish, pleasant
' fellow could have such a will of his
own and be so absolutely deaf to the
' call of what are really his own in
terests? "He has money, you know, and as
his foils did not live here I made up
, . mind that it was my duty to be kind
' of motherly . to him," explained the
middle aged woman. "I think there
- Is nothing so pathetic as a nice young
man far from home and a prey to
every designing creature who Bets
her eyes on him, especially when he
is a good looking young man like
Alfred." .
"I thought," said the other woman,
that he and Lizzie"
', "I- don't believe in trying to make
, matches," said the middle aged wom
an, firmly. "I wouldn't dream of in-
. terfering with fate! Lizzie may be
26, but she doesn't look it, and any
one with taste would realize how good
looking she is in a quiet , way, of
course. I don't think it is refined to
have the sort of looks that attract
' attention, Mrs. Carver, indeed . I
don't!" ' '
"The first night that I had Alfred
Quam to a good home-cooked dinner
.1' let Lizzie stir up the French dresr
ing and stuff the baked potatoes and
If I happened to mention that she
got the dinner J can't see that there
J was any necessity of my explaining
Just what part of It she got. Alfred
always was glad to get an invitation
to dinner. Afterward I had Lizzie
thow him her book of photographs.
There's nothing like letting young
people get acquainted.
-i Anyhow, Alfred Quam might have
-considered hiiri self "In" luck to get 'a
nice girl like my Lizzie not but that
she could have her pick of far better
than hef There's no telling what a
iman will like and to think that he
ahould lose his head over that silly,
giggling Georgie MacPrang, who grew
so fond of Lizzie all of a sudden on
the evenings she found that Alfred
waa coming! Lizzie is so unsus
picious. "When he got his runabout I men
tioned that Lizzie was perfectly crazy
over autoa and that the fresh air .was
so good for her health. He took her
out several times when I invited him
to come ' early for dinner, so they
could get a ride afterward, but it
wasnt a month before that Oeorgie
MacPrang was driving the runabout
with her own hands and smiling con
deicendingty when she passed our
house!
"You don't know what I suffered at
the hands of that Georgie MacPrang,
Mrs. Carver! I'd ask Alfred out for a
nice little family game of cards and
he'd have an engagement and the
next day Georgie would drop in and
tell what a- fine time she and Alfred
had at the theater the night before!
'"He was perfectly nice to Lizzie
"V. and if she dropped into the coal of
V floe near closing, time, as it was per
fectly natural for her to do, since It
was her father's office, Alfred would
usually bring her home. 'Don't push
yourself.' I told Llxzle. 'Only don't
be backward about showing him that
he's popular with you! That flatters
a man having him think you like
him and are too modest to show It!"
"Just as I had arranged to have AJ
. fired take hla summer vacation at the
same- time we did and be oar guest
at the cottage we were going to rent.
In comes that Georgie MacPrang with
a solitaire as big as a paving stone,
all smiles and applied blushes and
' throws herself on Lizzie's neck and
says she must tell her first, because
it tfcmtiirh haf that aha n A1.
" , ' "
fred found each other.
"Isnt that enough to make a wom
an give up in despair, Mrs. Carver?
Not that rd have dreamed of trying
to force Alfred or Lizzie in each
other's direction not me but being
a Junior partner and, of course,
what's her fathers will be Lizzie's
. eome day. and then Alfred would nave
had tt aD and his nice automobile
I and he la so good lookingand to
I think that silly Georgie MacPrang"
"Maybe something will happen,"
r said her friend, comfortingly. Ussto
may yet be glad she dklnt get him"
. Tly goodness!4' said the middle
aged woman emphatically. "Why, my
lizzie wouldn't have bad Alfred
(Quam, not If he'd begged her oxr his
'knees!"
Sure to RIae,
"Smith says his son has gooe into
a rising business."
"So he has."
-Whatisitr
' "Yeast" .
CALLING ON TOM'S WIFE!
I By CHARLES POEHLMAN. J
' If she had been dressed up any
more than she was traffic would have
paused to allow, the procession to go
by. She knew it, to, and gave her
self a little satisfied shake before she
rang the bell.
"Is Mrs. Gorman at homer she in
quired languidly of the pink-cheeked
girl who opened the door. Then with
an air of great surprise at the an
swer she drew hack the card Bhe was
tendering the supposed maid and
smiled genially.
"How stupid of me," she said, "not
to realize that you are Mrs. Gorman,
and not the maid! Of course, you
can't keep a maid in a tiny, five-room
fiat! I am Clara Belfuss, and be
ing such an old friend of your hus
band's I wanted to call right away,
and not wait for your at-home date.
I knew you wouldn't mind.
"I think an at-home date is only
a form, anyhow, unless people are re
ally in society, don't you? Oh, my,
don't apologize because you are not
settled yet I know it won't look so
bare and queer after you've bought a
few more things.
"You're going to have Arabian lace
curtains, you say? Oh, my dear
forgive me for interfering, but perhaps
you don't know that Arabian lace is
entirely out! You must have filet!
Here in the city we have to be ter
ribly up to date! That's one reason
why I always was so fond of Tom
he is such an up-to date man. He al
ways wanted the very latest in every
thingso you can imagine our sur
prise when we learned he was to
marry a girl from a small town. I
suppose you were such a contrast a
delightful contrast, of course to what
he always had been used to!
"I've always felt that perhaps if
Tom hadn't so insisted on Btyle it
would have been better for him. He
would make more progress In the busi
ness world, I mean. I've always taken
an interest in his career, because I
rather helped him on socially intro
duced him around, you know, and got
him started. He was so diffident and
awkward at first, poor boy. He was too
grateful to me, I thought especially
when he dear me, how I ramble on!
"I expect Tom will find it very hard
to settle down into a staid married
man now. Of course, on his salary
he can't entertain and do things, now
that he is married. How fortunate
for him that he married a girl used
to a simple life! That was what I
always advised him to do when you
know, Tom came to me with all his
troubles, and a man certainly.. does
learn to depend on a girl when he
geta the habit of doing that!
"I used ta say to him: 'Tom, what
on earth will you do when I get mar
ried and haven't any time for you.'
But he was always so broken up at
the idea that I had to stop teasing
him. I don't believe in letting a man
think there is a chance that you may
care for him when you know you
never could in the world! I've always
had my Ideal of a man and he has
to be very brilliant and clever and
keen and terribly successful an ex
traordinary man. in fact. I never could
be satisfied with anything less. I am
different from most girls in that
with them it Is anything to get mar
ried! Haven't you noticed it?
"I don't suppose you and Tom would
care to go into tin card club we are
forming. The refreshments and prizes
are quite simple, but I know what
a drain every little thing is on the
purse of newlyweds struggling to get
along. I thought you wouldn't, so I
filled in with some friends of mine
they live in that great house around
the corner with the big garage. Tve
Just met them recently the Blppers.
Of Bipper & Co.. you know. Oh, dear
me, of course that doesn't mean any
thing to you."
"Mr. Bipper," said the pink-cheeked
bride sweetly, "is my uncle, and I
am afraid you can't have them in your
club, because theyare starting short
ly on a year's absence In Europe. They
want Tom and me to live in their
house while they are gone, so they
can keep their servants and chauffeurs
and have the place open. That is why
we stopped settling here. Did you
know Tom had gono into the firm with
my under
"Really r stammered the caller.
"Well. I must say it's nice for Tom
that he picked out a wife with rich
relations so much of the success In
this world is Just luck! But what In
the world will you ever do with the
Bippers' four automobiles V
"Well," said the little bride meekiy,
"we had six at home, counting my
brother's racing car, so"
"Goodness, how late it is!" said the
caller, getting to her feet hastily. "I
must be running along!"
Sensitive Fish.
Mrs. Jones, not having much confi
dence in the abilities of her servant
went to market herself. Approaching
the fishwife's stall, she asked the price
of a .large carp.
"Sixty cents," was the reply. .
The lady examined the fish and ex
claimed: "It's not fresh!"
'1 ten you it is!" replied the fish
wife. "But It's quite flabby!"
"0, go on insulting it!" replied the
.fishwife, bitterly. "It cant answer
you!"
And with that kindness 'of heart
which is natural to her, Mrs. Jones
bought 'the fish to make up for the
injury to Its feelgs. Judge.
I NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS
The prosjKrts now arc lhal tlic
Slate Institutions which have been
so amply taken care of the last
few years will be compelled to
suffer for the next two years for
the want of ample appropriations
to maintain them. During the
campaign the Republicans charg
ed the Democrats with being ex
travagant, and they now find they
were not. During the campaign
the Republicans promised to re
duce the appropriations and up
on this promise probably receiv
ed several thousand votes, but
they now realize they cannot re
duce the appropriations, and in
order to win next time must make
a showing to the people whom
they deceived. The only way to
do this in order to keep up the
false promises is to cripple the
charitable institutions. If they
persist in their present policy it
is more than likely that some of
the charitable institutions will
have to close down during the
next two years, or the county can
be made to take care of the in
sane and epileptic. It is unfor
tunate that these conditions exist
and that Kansas has such small
politicians in charge of its af
fairs. One of the most amusing things
that has recently happened is the
Live Slock Commissioner. During
the campaign Capper proclaimed
loud and long that he was against
the "Spoils System." Hardly had
he been inaugurated governor be
fore he forgot his campaign prom
ises and immediately begun plan
ning to get rid of Democratic of
fices. In the campaign he con
tended lhal any officer who had
made good should nol be remov
ed for political purposes, however
he seems to only apply this to the
Republicans. When he announc
ed the appointment of Mr. Mercer
to be State Live Stock Commis
sioner, he slated that Mr. Riddle
had been an efficient officer and
had done excellent work during
his term, and especially did he
commend him in his work in deal
ing with the foot and mouth di
sease, yet he removed Mr. Riddle,
whom he says was an efficient
officer, in order to make room for
one of his political supporters.
During the Hodges administra
tion, Capper publications . com
plained bitterly that the Demo
crats were discriminating against
careful observer admits that the
old soldiers at Fort Dodge were
given better provisions and were
better cared for than during any
previous administration. Hardly
had the Republicans been return
ed to power when they begun to
plan whereby, for political rea
sons, they could fool the people
into believing they were econom
ical. The Board of Managers, who
are Democrats, asked for ample
appropriations to place the Fort
Dodge home and the Mother Bick
erdyke home in first class condi
tion. In order to do this it was
necessary, of course, to ask for
an increase in the appropriations
for these institutions, but since
the election the thoughtfulness
for the Old Soldiers has disap
peared and they now intend to
cut down the appropriations for
these institutions, thereby crip
pling the Old Soldiers Home and
making it impossible for them to
be cared for in the manner in
which they should be cared for.
Reading the Capper publica
tions the reader would hardly
know that there was a Kansas
state senate. The Kansas state
senate is not playing politics.
With one or two exceptions, both
the Republican and Democrat
members are trying to do the best
they can for the slate, not a word
of commendation is riven them.
because it would never do to com
pliment a Democratic senate with
the good work it is doing, there
fore the senate is ignored, yet they
expect a Democratic senate and
the Republican members of the
senate who are working with them
to line up with the administration.
It is only customary for the
Senate Ways and Means Commit
tee and the House Wavs and
work of preparing the appropria
tion bills. This year the senate
committee look the educational
and charitable institutions while
the house committee took the ju
dicial budget and penal institu
tions. Hardly had this agreement
been made when A. M. Keene,
chairman of the house committee
broke failh with the senate com
mittee and proceeded to consider
only those bills supposed to be
considered by the senate, this be
ing done for political purposes.
Mr. Keene has had a hankering
to run for governor for several
years, instead of proving himself
big enough for the job his actions
in the house show that he is prov
ing a political grandstander. It
You
CopytigU ! f The Home J kuppe-JxtaMl
Time to Change That Hat
ALL THE NEW 1915 SPRING SHAPES JUST M
Your size is here. Come and get it
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Great Bend's
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has also developed that the job of
chairman of the Ways and Means
committee is too big for Mr.
Keene to handle, his chances for
being governor are now very re
mote. Instead of him being big
enough to rise to the occasion of
taking care of the Kansas Institu
tions it has been shown that he
would rather cripple these insti
tutions in order to make a little
political medicine for himself than
to grant the necessary money for
the operation and maintenance of
these institutions Democratic
State Central Committee.
BAD SPRAIN.
Esther Stevenson, daughter of
J. V. Stevenson, who lives north'
of Heizer, met with a severe ac
cident while skating. She was
racing with her brothers and in
making a quick turn slipped and,
falling, sprained an ankle from
the effects of which she has been
confined to her bed for more than
a week. She is reported as getting
along nicely now.
Henry Boyle was down from!
Olmilz Tuesday for a visit with!
friends and to attend to business!
matters. '
A large number of sick horses'
are still reported in some parts',
of the county, and the disease, of
whatever kind it is, does not
seem to be abating to any great
extent, and the veterinarians are4
kept busy night and day most of
the time.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E. Murphy
and baby were here from Hois-
ington Sunday spending the day'
with Commissioner and Mrs. P,
E. Murphy and family. Tom is J
an enthusiastic home town boost-1
er and he says that Hoisington,
with her White Way is several de
grees ahead of Great Bend or any
of the surrounding towns. He is
engaged in the insurance business
at the present time and his suc
cess at the business is attested by
the fact that he is one of the hieh
men for his company in the state.
You'll
We are showing some very
snappy, up-to-date Men's Sails" at
unexpected prices.
Mothers are making a beaten
path to this store to fit out their boys
with a new 1915 Suit. Handsome
styles, beautiful patterns; sizes 6 to
16 years, and very attractively priced
suggunasuni -
Fashionable Clothier and Hatter
THE AUTO SHOW.
This is a great time for the auto
dealer. The big show is on at
Kansas City and the fellows are
going from everywhere to see the
big thing pulled off. The show
began Monday anjl will continue
all of this week. Quite a number
of the Great Bend dealers are on
the ground this week. Among
them are Lee 1 Kern, Geo. Land,
F. C. Lanahan, Grove Kearney,
Wells Thompson and C. R. Sum
mers. Most of them will see the
week's end in Kansas City.
Waller Gunn and wife arrived
from Southern California last
Saturday evening for a visit with
Mr. Gunn's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Gunn, and other Barton
county relatives.
Talk about your gold bricks
and get-rich-quick schemes, the
Sanford Grain & Supply Co., of
Pawnee county, has 'em all beaten
a city block. At the annual meet
ing of this company held last
week it was shown that the com
pany had made a profit during
the past year of 154.9 on their cap
ital stock.
I
ExCounty Commissioner Malt
Dick was here from Ellinwood
Monday spending the day visiting
with his many Great Bend friends.
After serving the county for many
years in the capacity of county
commissioner from the First dis
trict, Mr. Dick reports that it is
pretty nice to retire to private life
once more and let the other fel
lows do the worrying about the
affairs of the county. Mr. Dick
never was an office seeker and
simply allowed his name to be
used as an accommodation to his
friends, and while he. always en
joyed the work, yet he feels that
it is a whole lot better to sit back
and let someone else take the
blame for things. The position
of county commissioner is one
which carries with it a whole lot
of grief, but the work of Mr. Dick
has been such that he has no
cause to regret any of his. actions.
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INFLUENZA. ' j .
The horse disease llial has been
killing off so many Barton county
horses is spreading, so Dr. Rus
sell says. It is prevalent in all
parts of the county but the fatali
ties are nol nearly so great as
they were at the first. This )s'
due (o the fact that the people
are coining io understand the
first symptoms of the disease and
legin the work of cure when (he
symptoms first begin to fJiow.
The disease is a germ disease and
is very contagious, and . unlike
Ihe disease that played havoc
with the horses a couple of years
ago, it affects mules as will -as
horses. According to the do tors ,
one of the best things fora horse ,
that shows the symptoms is to get ;
him into a good, warm barn. It
must be something like the grip
among people and generally yields
to good care.
Henry Campbell and wife, of
Albert, left for Oklahoma Tues
day evening.
George Wagoner and Will Role
of Ellinwood were Great Bend
visitors Monday.
Henry Campbell was in from
the Heizer neighborhood last Fri
day on a business trip and for a
visit with relatives and his many
friends and made a pleasant lusi
ness and social call at tlte Demo
crat office and left the wherewith
to have The Daily Democrat sent
to his address for the coming
year. 'Mr. Campbell is well pleas
ed with the wheat prospects and
also with the present high pricf,
as he has over 3,000 bushels of
old. wheat yet in the bin which
is going to net him a nice little
sum. of r money, lie reports thaf
he took a small load to Heizer one
day last week, the load being ne
cessarily small on account of jhe
bad roads, yet he received in re
turn a check for over $103, which
he remarked was considerable! of
a contrast fromormer times, foi
lie has hiiuled many largaloada
for which he deceived nol over $25
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